" He made the clashing hand motion again. "But we need to understand. I tell you first how it was to us, how we remember. We think you attack"—he ge...tured with a fist pounding into his other palm—"you try to kill us, make us die, when we offer peace, we come in peace." He extended his arms in the peace gesture both species had used. "But we do not know why, what reason."The native seemed frozen. It neither spoke nor moved. But Igwanda noticed that its eyes had enlarged significantly and,. " I said. "You can't! You can't do that!"She said desperately repeatedly trying to grab the recorder. "You know how you can get it." I said. "I'm never going to fuck you!" She yelled. "Ok." I jumped to my feet and walked off, headed for my bedroom. I had a lockbox in my room I used to store stuff I didn't want others to see. I stuffed the recorder into the box, locked it and went back down stairs. As I passed her room I saw Jean's door closed. I figured she was pouting. I turned on the TV and. Max spoke up. "Uh, okay..." She started rolling her chair after him.They made their way through the house. As they reached the door to thegarage, Marko rapped on the door three times quickly and started to openit. As the door opened a drumbeat started up in the garage.They entered and saw Doug beating on his kit to an intro beat on theRancid song Ruby Soho. Max noticed Stevie holding his guitar and theysmiled at each other as he picked up the riff. Marko grabbed Max's bassfrom where it rested,. “Thanks.”“Sure.”I went back to sit in the recliner. I turned up the volume on the radio. I figured a bit of music couldn’t hurt. Imagine my surprise when the first song that was played was ABBA.Birgit laughed and said “ABBA. Perfect!”I smiled at her. She smiled back.Memories, good days, bad daysThey’ll be with me alwaysIn these old familiar rooms, children would playNow there’s only emptiness, nothing to say...But Knowing Me, Knowing You was a break-up song. I guess it might fit. We weren’t.